Throughout its history, Russian leaders have been notorious in terms of their ruthlessness.
You are not talking about Peter the Great, for sure.
Do you have anything you want to compare to Stalin's reign?
If you already making such a fuss, you could ask American Natives, (East) Germans, (West) Japanese, Vietnamese, Syrians, Afghans, ... - I even don't know where to stop - about their satisfaction about US politics.